Mechanics
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![The Canard Digérateur, or Digesting Duck, was an automaton in the form of duck, created by Jacques de Vaucanson in 1739. Voltaire wrote that "without [...] the duck of Vaucanson, you have nothing to remind you of the glory of France." ("Sans...le canard de Vaucanson vous n'auriez rien qui fit ressouvenir de la gloire de la France.") This is often misquoted as "Without the shitting duck, we would have nothing to remind us of the glory of France."](/Image:Duck_of_Vaucanson.jpg)
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Mechanics (Greek Μηχανική) is the branch of physics concerned with the behaviour of physical bodies when subjected to forces or displacements, and the subsequent effect of the bodies on their environment.
From Greek mechanike), from Ancient Greek mehane, "machine, tool", from μήχος, μάχος (mehos, mahos) "device, assistance, way".
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See also
- The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, an essay by Walter Benjamin
- Mechanical drawings by Francis Picabia
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